The New School Campus Life
Campus life
The campus as a place: setting, size, calendar and who studies here.
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Campus at a glance
Large city
Inside an urbanized area and a principal city.
- City (this campus)
- Suburb
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6,563 students
Larger than 83% of colleges
National median 1,603 students
Undergraduates with Pell Grants
- Receive a Pell Grant
- 18.2%
- TypePrivate nonprofit
- ClassR2 research university
- CalendarSemester
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Race/ethnicity
Source: U.S. College Scorecard · 2025
Among undergraduates at The New School, the largest reported group is Non-resident (34.3%), followed by White (30%).
| Group | Undergraduates | Full-time instructional staff |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 0.1% | 0.5% |
| Asian | 12.8% | 12.3% |
| Black | 4.6% | 7.7% |
| Hispanic | 11.3% | 8.8% |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 0.1% | 0% |
| White | 30% | 57.8% |
| Two or more races | 4.8% | 2.6% |
| Non-resident | 34.3% | 7.7% |
| Unknown | 2% | 2.8% |
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- 63.5%The New School admitted 6,428 of 9,696 applicants.Source: U.S. College Scorecard, 2025
- 29.1%of admitted students chose to enroll (the yield rate): 1,869 of 6,428.Source: U.S. College Scorecard, 2025
- $48,163average net price after grants for aided students, against $61,558 published tuition.Source: U.S. College Scorecard, 2025
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